Mid-Week Sports Quiz

[sippo]

1. Which piece of sporting equipment is 3 inches in diameter and weighs 6 ounces?

2. In which city is the Maracana stadium?

3. What sport is played by the Minnesota Twins?

4. At what sport did Scotland become world champions in 2005

5. At which Test cricket ground could you bowl from the Radcliffe Road end?

6. Which two teams compete in the Turin derby?

7. From which club did Newcastle sign Jermaine Jenas?

8. What sport would you be watching at Flinders Park?

9. Boca Juniors are from which South American country?

10. In 1981, Susan Brown was the first female competitor in which sporting event?

11. Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Real Deal'?

12. How many laps are there in a single race at a speedway meeting?

13. In Judo, the Black belt is the highest, what colour is the second highest?

14. Who is the only man to have played in an F.A. Cup final in the 1970?s, 80?s and 90?s?

15. How many consecutive shots does it take to score a 147 break in snooker?

16. Which was the first Asian country to hold a F1 Grand Prix?

17. Who is the only man to captain England whilst playing 3rd. Division football?

[Gonk]

answers on a postcard to...

 

Ok, I can figure out 13 of them.... want me to post them so you can mark them

Edited December 8, 2010 by Gonk

[MK-2]

1. Which piece of sporting equipment is 3 inches in diameter and weighs 6 ounces?

2. In which city is the Maracana stadium?

3. What sport is played by the Minnesota Twins?

4. At what sport did Scotland become world champions in 2005

5. At which Test cricket ground could you bowl from the Radcliffe Road end?

6. Which two teams compete in the Turin derby?

7. From which club did Newcastle sign Jermaine Jenas?

8. What sport would you be watching at Flinders Park?

9. Boca Juniors are from which South American country?

10. In 1981, Susan Brown was the first female competitor in which sporting event?

11. Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Real Deal'?

12. How many laps are there in a single race at a speedway meeting?

13. In Judo, the Black belt is the highest, what colour is the second highest?

14. Who is the only man to have played in an F.A. Cup final in the 1970?s, 80?s and 90?s?

15. How many consecutive shots does it take to score a 147 break in snooker?

16. Which was the first Asian country to hold a F1 Grand Prix?

17. Who is the only man to captain England whilst playing 3rd. Division football?

 

1. A footballers brain

2. Los Del Rio

3. Table Tennis

4. Mars Bar battering

5. None if you can't play cricket

6. Turin and Derby

7. A happy one

8. Championship Duck Feeding

9. Big Boca

10. Extreme Ironing

11. Noel Edmonds

12. Depends how many laps you invite to the meeting

13. Fluorescent Pink

14. Theo Walcott

15. 1 if cheating

16. Siberia

17. All England captains play 3rd division football.....just in higher leagues

[sippo]

answers on a postcard to...

 

Ok, I can figure out 13 of them.... want me to post them so you can mark them

 

Post them and I'll let you know which are right.

[Gonk]

1. Which piece of sporting equipment is 3 inches in diameter and weighs 6 ounces? - Ice Hockey Puck

2. In which city is the Maracana stadium? - Rio

3. What sport is played by the Minnesota Twins? – Baseball

4. At what sport did Scotland become world champions in 2005 -

5. At which Test cricket ground could you bowl from the Radcliffe Road end? - Trent Bridge

6. Which two teams compete in the Turin derby? Juventus & Trino

7. From which club did Newcastle sign Jermaine Jenas? – Nottingham Forest

8. What sport would you be watching at Flinders Park? –

9. Boca Juniors are from which South American country? - Argentina

10. In 1981, Susan Brown was the first female competitor in which sporting event? -

11. Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Real Deal'? – Evander Holyfield

12. How many laps are there in a single race at a speedway meeting? - 4

13. In Judo, the Black belt is the highest, what colour is the second highest? - Brown

14. Who is the only man to have played in an F.A. Cup final in the 1970?s, 80?s and 90?s? -

15. How many consecutive shots does it take to score a 147 break in snooker? - 36

16. Which was the first Asian country to hold a F1 Grand Prix? - Japan

17. Who is the only man to captain England whilst playing 3rd. Division football? - Ian Botham

[sippo]

The ones you have got are correct.

[LiamH]

4. At what sport did Scotland become world champions in 2005 - Curling? The one where you lob a stone down some ice and do housework while you wait?

[sippo]

4. Nope

[Iain.Faulkner]

14. Stuart Pearce?

[Gonk]

8. What sport would you be watching at Flinders Park? – Tennis (According to Mrs Gonk, who also says hasn't it had a name change too?)

[sippo]

8. Tennis is correct.

 

Unfortunately Stuart Pearce is wrong.

[jcollings]

4. Elephant Polo

10. The boat race

14. David O'Leary

Edited December 8, 2010 by jcollings

[sippo]

4. Elephant Polo

10. The boat race

14. David O'Leary

 

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